Drawer pull



F. J. GENTH.

DRAWER PULL. I APPLICATION FILED NOV. I3. 1920- RENEWED APR. 18, I922.

,4;37,509. Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

ATTORNEX Patented Dec. 5, 1922.

UNETED S'lA TEfi PATENT FREDERICK J. GENTH, OF NEW YORK, N.

DRAWER PULL.

Application filed November 13, 1920, Serial No. 423,806. Renewed April 18, 1922. Serial No. 555,232.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. GENTH, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer Pulls, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in drawer-pulls, and has for its main object to provide a contrivance of this type which is made of a single piece of metal, fitting into a recess in the front wall of the drawer and having means for preventing the finger or fingers of the operator from coming into contact with the rough recessed portion of the drawer.'

Another object of the invention is to produce a device of the type'mentioned which simple in construction, efficient in operation, which is capable of being conveniently mounted upon the drawer and provides a finished face for the recess in the drawer.

A further object of the invention is to produce a drawer-pull of the character set forth, which is capable of manufacture on a commercial scale or in other words one which is not so difficult to make as to be beyond the reasonable cost of such an article.

\Vith these and other objects in view, which will more fully appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the combination, arrangement and construction of parts hereinafter described, pointed out in the appended claim and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that many changes may be made in the size and proportion of the several parts and details of construction within the scope of the appended claim, without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

A few of the many possible embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of the front wall of a drawer with a drawerpull, constructed in accordance with the present invention, in position thereon; Fig. 2 is a central vertical section taken through said wall and drawer-pull; Fig. 3 is an elevation similar to the one shown in Fig. 1 of a modification of the invention; Fig. 4. is a central vertical section taken through the drawenpull shown in Fig. 3; and Figs.

5 to 8, inclusive, are front elevations of modified drawer-pulls.

Referring now first to Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings, the numeral. 10 indicates the front wall of a drawer, provided in its outer face with a recess 11 of any suitable configuration. This recess is usually unfinished, particularly if the drawer wall is made of wood. The drawer-pull, a portion of which fits into this recess, is made of a single piece of metal, preferably sheet metal, formed to provide a cup-shaped portion 12, that is seated in the recess 11, and a flange 18 of any suitable configuration, extending in a central plane on said cup-shaped portion and being, preferably, seated in a depression 14 in the front face of the drawer wall around said recess. A lip 15, forming a continuation of the flange 13, projects partly over the cupshaped portion 12 and affords a grip for the finger or fingers of the operator. This lip is disposed substantially int-he plane of the flange, its free edge portion 16 being, how-- ever bent forwardly out of the said plane for better engagement with the finger of the operator. In forming this lip, a slit 17 is made in the cup-shaped portion 12 of the device and the material of the cup-shaped portion above the slit forced substantially into the plane of the flange 13. The slit should be so positioned that the opening formed in the cup-shaped body, in providing the lip, should be of a size unsufiicient to permit the finger of the operator to protrude therethrough, whereby the finger is prevented from coming into contact with the unfinished face of the recess 11. The drawer-pull may be fastened to the drawer in any suitable manner, for instance by nails 18, extending through the flange 13 into the drawer wall. I

In operation, one of the fingers of the operator is inserted into the cup-shaped portion 12 of the drawer-pull and bent into engagement with the inner surface of the lip 15. The thumb of the same hand of the operator is then placed against the outer face of the lip 15, whereby a grip is afi'orded to pull the drawer out of the cabinet, etc.

The modification shown in Figs. 3 and e of the drawings differs from the one above described in that the lip 15 of the contrivance is disposed wholly in the plane of the flange 13. The free edge 19 of this lip extends horizontally. Otherwise the construction and operation of the device are the same as of that described in connection with Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings.

lhe modification shown in Figs. 5 and 6 of the drawings differs slightly from the device shown in Figs. 3 and 4:, more particularly in that the free edges 20 and 21, respectively, of the lips are curved, the edge being concave while the edge 21 is convex. V

The devices described so far are adapted for use in connection with small drawers, which are capable of being opened by the pull exerted thereon by a single finger. If. the contrivance is to he applied to larger drawers, the modification shown in Fig. 7 of the drawings may he made use of. In this instance the device consists of a front plate 252, provided with two cup shaped depressions each of which is overhung by a lip 24c. This device permits the insertion oi two fingers of the operator.

The device shown in Fig. 8 of the drawings is also applicable to larger drawers, it including a front plate 25, having a depressed portion 26, overhung by a lip 27. The depression is of a size to allow of the insertion of two or more fingers of the operator for engagement with the inner face of the lip 27.

From the foregoing it appears that the fingers of the operator are prevented from coming into contact with the unfinished face of the recess in the drawer and are thus fully protected against injury. It also appears that the drawer pull is exceedingly simple and may be mounted without difliculty on the drawers. Attention is called to the fact that the recess in the drawer wall need not be of the exact shape of the cup shaped portion of the drawer pull, since the flange portion of the device provides a finished facing for the said recess.

What I claim is A drawerpull made of a single piece of metal shaped to form a cup-shaped portion, a flange extending in a central plane on said cup-shaped portion, and a lip substantially in the plane of said flange overhangin; part of said cnp-shaped portion, said lip forming a continuation of said flange and being formed hv forcing part of the material of said. cup-shaped portion into the plane of said flange.

Signed New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this th day of October, A. D. 1920.

FREDERICK J. GENTH 

